https://www.theguardian.c(...)EmREZPxftn85IkN7jLqADit is een 11 jaar oude artikel die ik laatst op mijn tijdlijn zag. Idioot om terug te lezen. Ook toen zat men te speculeren over assads val en wat de toekomst zou brengen. Wat dat betreft is er nauwelijks iets veranderd.
'Syria is not a revolution any more – this is civil war'
Rivalry between rebels and Islamists has replaced the uprising’s lofty ideals, leaving veteran commanders despairing
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“I need Bashar [al-Assad] to last for two more years,” said the businessman. “It would be a disaster if the regime fell now: we would split into mini-states that would fight among each other. We’ll be massacring each other – tribes, Islamists and battalions.
“Maybe if the regime lasts for a few more years we can agree on the shape of the new Syria. At least then we might end up with three states rather than 10,” he said. Meanwhile, the killings and massacres will continue, until sectarian cleansing has been carried out in all of Syria’s cities and regions, he added. “There will be either Alawites or Sunnis. Either them or us. Maybe in 10 years we will all be bored with fighting and learn how to coexist.” He paused, then added: “In 10 years maybe, not now.”
Ik heb Hem niet uit vrees voor de hel noch uit liefde voor het paradijs gediend, want dan zou ik als de slechte huurling zijn geweest; ik heb hem veeleer gediend in liefde tot Hem en in verlangen naar Hem.
-Rabia Al-Basri